Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 25, 1886, Page 1

— FIFTEENTH YEAR, OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25. 1885, ALL WORKERS FOR VAN WYCK A Rousing Meeting of the Farmers' State Alliance Held at Hastings, MONOPOLIES®' FIGHTING FOES, Constitn tion Adopted and Plans Per fected for An Aggressive Came palgn Next Fall — The Proceedings. The State Alliance Meeting. Hast Neb., Feb. [Speeial gram. |—The State Farmers’ alliance of braty t Liberal hall in this city aft o noon, there bein; wes in attendanc for such a the adver alliance met. On wotion of Reynolds of IHamilton ge of Adums county was county H. G, Armita made seerefary pro tein, On motion the of Hawilton, On motion of MeGaw of Adams, the chair eeto dratta *owersof Hall, Smithof Phelps appointed the following commi constitutis And MG w of Adaws, Fred Hedde, editor of the Grand Island Independent, then addressed the all upon the subject of Van Wyck club moved tl and he known a In o cordance with the motion, the chai pointed the following committee: Itedde of Wy of Valley, Hall, Powers of Adams, G Cline of Adams and Burger of Hall, While the seyeral committees were at work on their respective duties, the question of Van Wyck's reclection wos diseussed by Delegates Harvey of Harlan, and Hober of Merrick. The discussion was vigorous and itiment was ex- raska are unques- bly and uncompromisingly in favor of spirited, and but one s pressed—the farmers of N tion, the re-cl ion of Van Wyck, “The committee appointed to draft a consti- tution reported as follows 2 ARTICLE 1. Section 1. This o ation shall Kknown as the Nebraska State Farmers' Alli ance. Section 2. The members of this alliance shail con e st of representatives of any ations of the state of Neb any meniber of any subordinate alliance may attend and participate in the meetin ARTICLE 1. Section 1, This allj; tion overail the sul organized or which may heveafier be of Lizel by the state alliuneo of the state of brask It shall have the whole r DOWET to grant, suspend or revoke el originate, regulate the mear vort, and'to receive and_ de determine all_questions subjeet to the National alliance. ARTICLE 111, Section 1. The oflicers of th consist of fce pres o the hing's Manual. ARTICLE TV, tion 1. There shall e a fin composed of thiee members examine and report upon the state alliance at mend ways and means of ARTICI. Scetion 1. County ized by the assembling of duly atte cgates of the subordinate allian coun I at cach meet president and tary trom the Tle sery aising funds. his duty 1o notify the subordinate sentation shall be one alli and one for each t major fraction of ten of thy meeting of the county all 1 the president and secret subordinate alliance county alliances shall be held ¢ year, it to member: or meeh: Section AL any iie of good moral charac port the name and postofiice address of to the secre Subordinate alliane portion of their dues as g oftice of the secretary tric 1 the State all 2 V1T, Section ed at an at Section tlieting with this constitution, The constitution was taken up s and after a thorough di unanImous| inual meeting of the allianc “The committee on resolutions then reported the following Resolved, That we adopt the following declaration’ of principles of the State Fui- mers' allianee of Resolved a railroad les, ehraska : Resolved, That we condemn (e state boar ssioners as being created pressed wish of the peoples it 10 the question at issue between nd the peopl of railway contiary as irrevel the corporations of the s and demand the repeal of the act ereati solved, we view with pleasure careful of Labor, and heartfelt sympathy, Resolved, con 0 the interests of th in his eapacl I peaple of the who of United St That we den: lating and redueing rates for the east of the Missouri river, The ubove resolutions were unanimously adopted, ‘The commitiee appointed to prepare plans for the organization of the next cam reported the following: hereby appoints the following comn consis Iu\‘:nr FLRN n Blakeley, W. 1, Babbilt, W: Smith, K.’ Anger, \ Tuen, W Boruid 8.V Jurger, Lizersoll, i Moore, J. . Chamberiair Edwards, W. A McKeighan, ¥. M son, Thoinas Kirbley, L. > 3 kinson, Charles K. Shith, 8. M, Hq J. C. MeBride s Rooney, 1, A e, J. 13, Bilrod, o M. Newton and Lattirop, with power to” appoint additional membels; tor thie purpose of organizing Van braska, the Wyek elubs in the stute of ject of theso clubs being he election of wen b, Iature who will favor | 10 protuet the people a onopoly, dnd Lo st . to work defending the people and who will work and vote for the eleetion of Van Wyck to the United States this hout seventy-five del- The alliance was called 1o order by President Burrows, who in a few well ehosen remarks thanked the eonvention ood representation considering » clrcunistances under which the Towing officars: One presiden neces rman appointed the fol- Towing committee on resolutions: Palmer of Adams, Henthorie of Bufialo and Reynolds was made secretary, C. A, Be falo, vice president for the Third congres- presi trict, and William Blakely of € smmittee be appointed to act president for the First congressional district, an organizing committee, portance the be possession of N and Oakland is toms. The name of the malady Is the ning Industry.” Jurisdie- €5 10w <ht and rters: of its own sup- le appeals and ( law and usage, ent for cach , seeretary and trea cted av the annual tion 2. The officers of (his alliance shiall several daties as preseribed. in mittee on postoflies and post ro; completed the postoflice appropri and it will be promptly reported to the house. The bili appropriate: 5 during the next fiseal year the sum ot $5, nce commit- ypointed by president, who shall audit afl’ bills and > finances of the ch nceting, and recon- 3 allianees will be organ- | Preace of ted del- os of the i elect o inber. so elected shall hold his oftic until the succeeding meeting, and it shall b lliances of such meeting in time for the eleetion of delegates to the same. The ratio of repre- lelegate for each i members or same. ‘L'he first inder these provisions may be convened upon the call of ry of three or more The mectings of the least once a enue for the next fis and the estimated defi « ach subordinate alliance shall immedintely after each election of oflicers re- ary of the State alliance, 5 may contribute sueh y to them scem proper towards defraying thi expenses of the ance. constitution may be amend- o-thirds vote of the members present, . By-laws may be made not con- atim, cussion was adopted ‘That we condeinn the system of omuission on general prinei- and consistent course of the Knights cby extend to them our it we hereby commend the harles . Van Wyek, for “alous efforts in behalt of the ctinent of a_iaw, under the existing powers of the constitution of the state of Nebraska, regu- § ransporta- tion of commoddities o, from and within the state, and the reduction upon said commiodi- ties Mliould be pro rata with existing rates The State Farmers' alliance of Nebraska y ey, water, Au'n-lu Powers, Fred Hedde, Will y I D, A. MeAllister, W. A, Holden, John , L. Henthorne, 1. B. Rey ‘ljhl'ul~. . 8. M. Hopewood, N, Leahard, M. K, Lewls, L Patwer, 1. G Anpi’ ized to make all the rules and regulations necessary for the organization of the cam- paign in‘necordance with the general outline given in the following sketch: It will be the tIl_lly of the Nebraska State Central Van Wyck elub— 1-To divide the state into appr districts, 2-To name the headquarters of each dis- imate 3-To name a district Van Wyck club com- mittee with the power to appoint additional members, 4—To superintend the district committee, 5—To raise the financial means for the campaign. T will be the duty, of the district Van Wyck clubs to organize Van Wyck elubs in all counties in the distriet, to siperintend them, and to do all the campaizn work in the dis* triet. The Van Wyek club organizes— 1By pledging its members to work and vote for the re-clection of representatives and senators to our next logislature who by 1 lionest means will work for legislation nst monopoly rule, ach elub shall cleet at least the fol- 1d one sec- Iy oimd treasive) Lclub shail make provision for the sary -\,»nu-uq the elub, Lo elub has to report to the district b, After some debate the plan of organization adopted. The allianc then procecded to the eleetion of ofticers for the ensuing year. J. Burrows was minated for president, whereupon he few remarks declining aron was also minated but declined. was unanimously elected, H. G, e, editor of the Kenesaw Free Press, rders of Duf- Adams, vice econd congressional dis- e, vice al distriet, H. M. Palmer of for the After some further business of minor im- liance adjourned. ening a large number of delegates In the e and citizens assembled at the hall to listen to an addre; of Red Cloud. He made a rousing speech, di masterly manner. from Hon. William [cKeighan ussing the interests of the alliance in a Tekamah as It Too. Avan, Neb, Feb. 24.—[Speeial]— | lias awakened from her lethargy to ttacked by the epidemic which is now in raska towns. Blair has it, lowing premonitor; “Ten of the most prominent idwealthy citizens have subscribed for ek, and each is to pay in $1,000 at onea if the town will give $5,000 more as a bonus, which, trom the flattering outlook a by the subseviption paper circulating just now, it appears she will do. subseribers are Spielman, Warren Conkling . Thomas, It Is proposed with this first §13,000 to obtain a plant which will absorb about $8,000, leavin, “The business ning, but w and a creamer tinued the year round. In all probabi heralded mong the ten J. Dorst, J. P, Latta, Jesse nd A, A the balance to work with. not to be confined to can- 1 probably introduce packing v, 50 that work may be con- ty the pital of the company will be increased to §25,000 in a short tim POSTAL EXPIN ES, The Appropriation Bill as Prepared by the Committee. 0N, Feb. 24.—The house com- 15 to-dy tion bill, Wasuix for the postal ice 555, an increase o ion for the prese , as compared with the de- artment’s estimates, The estimated rey- ear s $47,142,252, uey (indefinite) is items of appropria- $7,443,914, The principa tion are as follows: For compensation to postmasters. 2 11,700,000 Appropriations for the present 12,300,000 5,150,000 ent year's appro- aht and fuel.. 405,000 ion for the 490,000 4,925,051 Appropriation for present” ye: 47455000 For star route fransportation Appropriation for present ye: Steamboat_service, Appropriati ,000 000 Mail messenger servi L 000,000 Appropriation for pres L9000 Mail bags and catchers 200,000 Appropriation for presen 1 Railroad transportation, 05,4 Appropriation for present y 34,010,000 Railway postal car seryice 1,508,000 sy ), 000 Appropriation tor present ye Necessary and spe trunk lines (fast mail) . Appropriation for present year Tor the manufactur envelopes, wrapp Appropriation for present year For transportation of foreign mails 3 Appropifation for present y timate for next year, Lo this estimate the conm following note: If it pay vessels of United S infand postage, then $15,000 should be added to 1 For balance due ¢ Appropriation for present ye —— THE MORRISON Probable toflts Reven WASHINGTON. of the es register se stimate. ARIFF BILL, Passage o ry. ns connmittee, in regard to the pro effect the passage of the will have upon pu Morrison tariff bill computed on the basis of lst year's importa tions, would be about $12,(0),00). In regard to the proviso limiting the waximum of dues to certain advalorem rates, it room tor a controversy on valu it leo customs officers. e sug provision be made by whic © this important question to be years, subjected to the une ncourt with the eon Mo of refunds of duty ureatt of statisties sq e ehi At of States during the last fiscal year, T4 per me from Cuba, Porto Rico, vitish West Tidies. Tiie nling to the latest adviees, on_sugar. 1t such is (80 por cent of the hie last year came from t duty th county lnposing would el e reduction of duty from $ 20,000,000 10§ 12,000,000, N Favor the Old Scott Law, Coruw Olio, Feb, house of the leg making the and $100 on the t liguors, "Lt is practically 16 you buy lwmber anyw! first gu icse o €y, append the Lhould boe declded to an additional suwm of conntries. ... $100,000 5 0,000 he secre- g written Mr. Morrison, ehairman of the ways and able ie revenues. In the letter he says the net reduetion, ., but “values could be apuroximately ascertained by the sts, however, that the valuations of such ofticers should be made tinal, and not ) in after rtainties of a trial FROM OTHER LANDS, Trials of the Alleged Leaders of the London Riot Loxpoy, Feb, 24.—The hearing in the case of Burns, Hyndman, cChamplon and Wil- liams, socialistic leaders who were accused by by the authorities of having incited the riots at Trafalzar square and Hyde park, was resumed to-day. The session was devoted principally in hearing the testimony of newspaper reporters as to the exact language used by the defendants in their inflammatory specchies, Hyndman, before the proceedings were formally opened, entered complaint against the editor and proprietors of Punch for their arrest. He alleged that lind attempted to excite the public st the defendants and to prejudice their trial by publishing a picture of Puneh in the act of publicly hanging them, in this way suggesting to the people a form of ven to be inflicted upon tie defendants. magistrate declined Hyndman's request, ing he had uo power to interfere on the grounds specified The magistrate, after the reporters hiad con- cluded their testimony, announced that he intended to commit all the prisoners for trial. Williams' counsel upon this arose and coutended his client was “outside the in- dietment.” Tl ted that the words used by it were not so strong as the languaze 1 almost daily use fin the press, Pointing to Chamberlain counsel said: “When the right lonorable member for Birmingham has employed in the liouse of commnions even stronger lan- guage than that imputed to my client he las been_applauded. “Llis panie and vroseci- tion," the counsel declared, “are intended to shield Childers, home ctary, and the olice, who are answerable for the whole rouble,” Hyndman, who de that there wasany [ or his compaiilons, 1 consented to be sworn as a :nded himself, denied nst either him- ness. When he had taken the oatn Cham- pion aslied him what were the government's ihtentions with rezard to_relieving the dis- tress among the unemployed, and whether he himselt favored arevolutionin the land laws of England. The magistrate refused to permit such en examination of the witness, The prisoners were remanded until Saturday, when they will be committed for trial for misdemeanor, Bits from the Kaiser's Country. Brreiy, Feb, 24.—The lower house of the Prussian diet t iscussed the bill relat- ing to teachers in national sehools in_ Polish Pry Dr. Von Gossler, minister of public instruction and ecclesiastical affairs, declared that the government was compelled to take a firm and clear stand in view of the continuous attacks of the Poles, Leniency and sympa- thy were impossible. Tlie best way to assin- ilite the two noopic w: I ist on mon language. It ore neces: to have the teachers in Poland thoroughly aeq nted with German, and to climinate Polish literature from_ the schools. long discussion ensued, and the debate was finally adjourned until to-morro All the workmen of forcigh birth have been discharged from employment in the wovern- ment doek yards, This action has been ta because of disclosuresin the case of Cap Saramw, recently convicted of having i and informntion of German fortifica- tions to the French. Down on_the American Hog. Panis, Feb, 24.—M. Vallon, president of the agricult oup in the ehambers, ealled upon M. Lockroy, minister of commeree, to- day, and urged him to continue prohibition of the importation of American hog products. Lockroy replied that before submitting ilie subject to the chamber of deputies he would wait for the hygienic committee’s re- port, which would déeide the question of the alleged presence of trichinw in American pork, Gladstone Goes to the Limit, LoNDON, Feb. 21.—Itis reported that the first outline of Gladstone's Irish proposals nas been presented to his colleagues in_the abinet, and that the premier goes the whole length ot restoring an Irish parliament. _—— SHOT TH IE_CASHIER. The Ex-Bookkeeper of a Bank Punc- tures the Head of the House, Cnicaao, Feb, 2 ‘The Journal’s Mil- waukee special says: At noon to-day Abbott Lawrence, ant cashier of the National Exchange bank, was shot and dangerously wounded on Wisconsin street, near the Mil- waukee elub house, by George «A. Wardner, formerly bookkeeper of th me bank., The ball entered the small of his back and is sup- posed to have glanced off into th chest. After the shooting Wardner walked tothe central police station, followed by a large crowd of people, and delivered hini- selfup. Lo nce is the son of J, L. Tiaw n old and very wealthy resident of and Wardner's parents, who are still , are among the early settlers of Mil: waukee, It is believed Wardner's mind w affected, and he was influenced to commit the deed for some fancied wrong. The shoot- ing creates the greatest excitement in the owing to the promiuence of the two Each are 35 years of age, and unmar- ried. ‘The officials of the bank, as well intimate associates of Wardner, mental and nervous system h for several years back in consequonce_ of hard work, and are positive of Lis insanity. Sl RATED HIM WRONG, An Important Decision of Interest to Mercantile M CINCINNATI, Feb, 24.—A s decided in the superior court to-day of considerable importance. George Crist, a lumber dealer of this city, sued Bradstreet’s Mercantile ageney on the ground that it had misrepresented himby “*rating” him erroneously, and claimed #10,000 damages, ‘The defens that Crist refused to furnish the information usually mate from outside sources, which was e, it was claimed, without' any malic fury sustained this defonse turned a verdiet in favor of the agency, Marriage of Thomas Edison. CLEVELAND, Feb, 24.—Thomas A. lison, ot and p Hehool asseibl The ¢ 10Dy Was per- clogant residen 100 invited guest United States navy Mr, and Mrs, F winter home near as Edison’s best man. ort Meyers, Florida, The Coin Question. 10N, Feb, 2.—The gene sury notes and silver certific Wasn ject of tr at king and eurrenc here @ subject under diseussion t cost to the peo- of “the 18,000,000 pounds of sugar imported into the United ut 1zil and the S, ac- on. This ures in the reduction on rfrom $10,000,000 to 32,000,000, and the —The lower we passed a bill today 200 on spiritious liquors ) e without ting Houglaud's prices you will of the commitiee that a gen covering the wmatter, s and reported. With t be divide amination. ral bill or two, -~ © Astray, Krok Uk, gram.|—James MeKeon, a 16-year-old son of a farmer living near here, has been missing since Monday, and his friends are greatly alarmed at his disappearance to herd eattle Monday, but ha since. The woods ave been search with an accident, but no trace of him has been found. No reason for foul play is sus- pected, F = — - Proved a Defaulter, Pexay, [, Fob, Janmes Whitely eently elected to the ) las de The ame but it is beligved to be a large amount. house adjourned for a recess over Washing- ton’s birthday, Mr.:!Bakerof New York at- tempted to introduce a bill which would have been appreciated by every farmer and every farmer’s wife in the country for the purpose of reducing the postage rates on seeds to one-half the present Beach objected, and as W day fell on “bill day” thi will have to until next Monday. CAN READ THEIRTITLE CLEAR Bill to Seoure Des Moines River Lands Settlers Safely Through, This bill was lington's birth- year, the measure Baker's desk There is no possible son that can be discerned why this New 1k should have objected to the in- troduction of a bill which every one is desir- e, himself, favors it, and yet so areat Is his desire for notoriety that it lias frequently carried away his political sense, TANGLEFOOTS Under the ru AN HOUR SPENT ON HENNEPIN. remain in Mr. Murphy Argues In Favor of His Life -~ Oklahoma tion—Western Postmasters Appointed —Notes. The House Passes the Bill, WasniNaroy, Feb, 24, — [Special “The house to-day, after a short de- passed the senate bill to quiet the title of settlers on the Des Moines river lands These lands have been in controversy . and bills similar AND TODDY. s of each branch of congress the restaurants of the capitol are not allowed to sell any spirituous liquors cating drinks at someliow or otlier beer scoms to be an excep- Two or three years ago the man who wanted a drink of whisky would call and his wants would be supplied. ass word will not work, and the thirsty visitor has to find some one to ore hie knows what to eall for n his thirst may be quenched, \one of the restaurants yesterday as seen to rush up to the counter and shout to the man who dispenses refrosh- o tanglefoots and one snow-water for more than thirty y to that passed to-day have been before con- 5 August, 1564, anted to Towa half of the unsold public land lying in & strip ten miles wide ad jacent to the Des Moines river, to be selected in odd numbered sections, to aid in the im- vrovemient of the navig This year that ion of the river to The river enters the state a Des Moines is about midlength of the river, and s situated at the confluence of and Des Moines rivers. lands in question lie in a strip north and A portion of this grant was disputed, yet under various decisions who believed that the lands nds entered the same in good faith, and with the consentof the department of the interior, as pre-emptions and home- ince so doing and receiving pat- have been held by the courts as at the lands were reserved itting at a table smiled broadly while ir of satisfaction stole over the face of a clerical gentleman who sat with then, RAL LOGAN'S BOOK. The book agents have begnn the canvass of General Logan’s book on the **Cause of the 1 asked one of them yes- ay what suceess lie was having 1 by showing me senators and representatives who had already signed their names to orders, besids ber of lesser lights,who secm anxious to read what “Jack” Logan hasto say of the war and its cause, book was the best we ever had. ter by 200 per cent than any work that was gton on subscription. The progpectus for Logan's work has not been out long enough to jundge as to its 3 but the indications are thatit will be ver) large, especially as it is much less expensive.” ageut remarked that the commission al- d on the sale of General G per cent, while the regular r; agents is 40 per cent. work still continue, upwards of fifty copies having been sold in this city within the last the Raccoon west of the eapital. many settler: ircat Conflict.” d this agent: The act declares that all the lands improp- erly certified to fowa by the department of the interior, under the act of Angust 8, 1846, as referred to in the joint March 2, 1861, for wh were selected and received by the st a, are publie lands of the The title of all bonafide scttlers under title from the state of lowa or the United § which donot come in conflict with pre-emp- tion or homestead claimants, are ratified a confirmed, and mada valid. provides that the cl ever offered in Washi indemnity lands United States, ant’s book was Orders for ( aims of all in good faith to obtain s therefor under the pre-cmption or home- ad laws of the United States, entered or remained on any traet of said lands prior to January, 1880, not exceeding 160 acres, are confirmed and made valid in heirs or their proper assigns, and upon due proof thereof and payment of the usual pri ‘ces, where the same has not been paid, arried to patent. JERRY MURPHY TALKS FOR H The Hennepin canal bill, which appropri- bout §9,000,000 for the purchas further extension of the Illinois & Michi- nd for the construction of ppi canal, was called up in the house and discussed for an hour to-day under the rules, at the expiration of which tr. Murphy of Iowa, @ measure, made an effective speech in its favor, illustrating his remarks by reference toa large map, showing the course of the proposed work, which was suspended against the south wall of the The interest exhibited in Mur- that this measure has decided strength, and would seem to justify the confidence of its friends in its passage. It will come up again to-morrow and be given another hour, when it wiil go over as un- finished business. FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. —In the senate Mr. led up, and the senate without debate, passed the bill for the relief of the and on the public and purchasy 0,000 to be expend pose of reimbursing persons and. their 1 representatives, who, under the 1 settled upon or purchased lands within the id in the construction of the ilroad, to whom | for the pur- grant made to Northern Kansg Lllinois & Mi: as been 'rendel the ¢irenit court on account of priority of the grant to the railfoad. 1o the benefits at the rate of The bill authori: which persons The persons entitly t are to be reimbursed the bill went ove who has elarge of ng the president to grant permission to one or more oflicers of the army to accept temporary service from the goyernment of Corea was then taken up. M., Sewell offered an amendment permit- ting the oflicers indicated to accept compen- sation from the Corean government. The amendment was agreed to and the bill phy’s remarks show The education bill was then taken up, and Mr. Blair addressed the senate in reply to ob- jections and eriticisms made against denicd that the people of the south were op- posed to the measure, and insisted they fa- T ON OKLAHOMA. committee on territories to-day in discussing Mr. Townshend’s bill for the organization of a t of government in Oklahoma. sion will be held to-morrow. that if any bill of this character is will be the Weaver (of Iowa) bill. There are, however, several members of the committee It of the United States to the Oklahoma country. They claim that under the treaty of 1866 the n territory are all guaranteed 1o the Indians forever, and that the United States eannot organize any portion of it into a territory without violating its treaty obli- Mr. George said the house of representa- ate (Mississi resolutions requ Another ses- ippl to support th It is probable Py national bounty. It regarded the mea ds removing the illitera ; seorge would be compeled, Towever, todecline the offerit he believed it to be unconstitutional. He cited an: in which nioney I fonal treasury for purposes ated in the consti- who doubt the lands of Ind ated from the n not in any manner enume tution, wiiich amounts, if the theor oppontits of the education Lill weré had all been nnlawfully and imy his argument at some length, but finali tive session, after whicl \ POSTAL ACPOINTMENTS. ames has been appointed post- aster at Oswalt postoflice in Jasper (Towa), and Samucl M. Wright at Wrights- ville, a new postoflice in_ Buffalo county Also, A. D. Foster at Sheridan, and at Lydia, Custer county sions for Lowa postmasters ve been issued to the following: Steele Smith at Conrad ¢ Vincent M. Conrad at Lewis; -y Brockman at Massillon; I Alfred N, Lo BOTI ORIGINA anderson pr to-day the resolutions the boord of trade of Om the committee on public lands, reported the e bill to quiet the titlesof settlers land in Towa. ase from the time the grant Des Moines rive history of the of land was made to the sta were involved in the By misconstruction of the state of Towa had sold certain it was not entitled, and had granted certain other lan 15 to the Des Moines Ri and Navigation company, Thi fairs had given rise to mucn litigation, and the purpose ot the bill w: the parties who had made }s homestead filings on these lands to have the ermined as to whether He gave the Levi Helm at An at Salem, nds to which in the senate cently adopted by alia in fayor of the ompel the Union Pacific rail- s indebtedness to the govern- simply to allow -cinption and uestion judienlly he land was publie land, After considerable debate the bill passed without division, M. Herbert, from the committ atiairs, reported back the resolution ealling yof the navy for a complete officers now on the rétired list of sther with the specific 1 l they were placed tl . Stone of Missouri, from the ¢ orted the bill fort the Southern ¥ Placed on the house cal- obtained from business men, and that the ey was therefore oblized to make Its ns of Omaha have congress, through Mr commission to 1 rencwal of the fishery treat MAY TALK THE DOLLAR SQUARE, dslof sixty members have notified the re to be heard on the silver question when it comes up in the Louse, is now believed that Saturday will be set rguments on this subjeet, and that t before the gotiate with Canada for the well known electrician, was married this afternoon at Akron to Miss Nina, daughter is Millcr, a prominent manufacturer sident of the Chautaugua Sunday on public lands, re certain lands granted Ratlroad company. al weeks at previous question can be ordered. In the morning hour the house passed the bill to anuex the northern part. of the terris tory of I1dubo to Washington territory, alf of the comunittes Mr. Murphy e eded 10 conside the whole the Hennepin canal bill. liis speech in sup- ding in full the report of which be repeated the impelled it to favorable formed at 8 o'clock at Ouk Place, Miller's y i the presence of ahout 3 WASHINGTON MATTERS, Licutenant Tappan, on-railways led up and the in committee of d st A New York Braggart Who Poses as son_ will go to Edison’s N, Fab, 24~ [Special, | -With seventh congress port of the bill the commiti arguments which consideration of the negsure, ed to enmphiasi the incoming of the fort; the state of New York gent to Washington a representative named Lewis Beach, is a farmer who dabbles in law, and has ocea- sionally, during the past twenty years, aired his views upon politieal and financial topies country press of New York slative experienc the beginning of the forty-seventh congress, ving served one term on ryisors of his county. who knows what broad-minded men county ryisors are us a rule, will expect to ch one of those ideal farmers wiich we about s often e poses in o rtieular friend of e the country, but, like other braggarts, he does little for the en whose cause ds to champion, ame here day after day and oecupied his al sub- es of small denominations was discussed to-day meeting of the house committee on re now forty- eight bills before the committee touching the 1t was the sense be beneficial results, D transportation, wh nstruction of the Hen- an illustration of this wheat raised in the n states which were in the neigh- proposed canal could ba a saving of vernment of ates would do its duty 1 the people of the north- it over the present ol transportation, and save enov ar to_build the ¢ The United Stat able rivals in the Liverpool market, ation_were not reduced orted to the seaboard a s per bushiel. wild “be formulated at view the bills will nong thiee committees 1or ex- consisted in ) b, 24.—[Special Tele- ngress as the close y agriculturist in ates of transpor s conclusion of Mr. Murpl the morning hour expired and the He was sent not heen seen i, think- ing he might have gone huuting and et The house then went into connuittee of the of Georgia, tn the chair, on the half gallon tax bill, Mr. Butterworth, of Olio, opposed the bill, and contended that the not be taxed beeause the 1oss of s ? led that quantity a Stoughton wade himself heard, and felt too, for that sion offers he is Lis objection to T ¢ when the oc bill, which amended the winimum eapaeity of pack h spirits might be drawn to be { gallons instead of ten tute, instead of cou pay ob spurits they unanions con any business. sire 10 become notorious frequently puts him in a predicawent which is. not pleasaut, to Last Friday, just before the tion of city elerk, ilted and flod. 1o pasts unknown. tof his defaleation s not knowa, say the least. L could not | Maitetta, Wis. nse and could not sell, and instead of doing these men rank injustice, would do them jus- tice, while it prevented them from doing any injiistice {0 the government. Mr. Morrison “of Illinois, stated that the purpose of the bill was to ‘compel the pay- ment of the tax at a time fixed by law, and i the rate fixed by law on all distilled spirits removed from distillery warehouses, From 1862 to 1808 the tax had been collected in eash on gallons and fractions of gallons, In 1868 the system of collecting through stamps had been adopted, and it having been inconveni- ent o have stamps for_every fractional part of a gallon, it was provided that not only gal- lons” but ' parts of gallons _should s fifty _ cents tax, In 182 it had been determined wot to tax less than halt a gallon at all, but to tax over half a gallon at the gallon rate. It had turned out' that with a view of escaping taxation all parts of agallon were less than half a gallon, and t commissioner of internal revenue reported that in the last year this fraud had grown to han extont fhat packages which eontained less than halt gallon tractions exceeded those containing more than halt gallon fractions by 500,000, which would amount to a loss of 350,000 10 the covernment, Mr. Worthington of Lliinois favored the Bill in a me, to put the law in sueh shape as not to benelit one elass of disti s to the injury of another. The substitule suzcested by the gentleman from Ohio (Butterworth) would remedy two-thirds of the evil, but left the other one-third existing, while the bill remedied it completely. Mr. Brady of Virginia wos of the opinion that the bifl would work great havdship and injustice on the fruit distillers of Virginia, North Carolina and Georaia, Mr. Adams of Hlinois thought the proper g the question was to ain exemption on account of loss b sorption in proportion to the size of the pa age used, Mr. Bre I:vmi‘lm}uf Kentuek. vored the Dbill beeause he thofiht it w. wise policy to compel distillers to pay the full tax. Mr. Butterworth offered the substitute sug- gosted by him in his speech, but it was re- Jeeted, "Tlie committee then rose and reported the bill to the house, and it was passed without division, and the house adjourncd. OUR HAWAIIAN INTE STS. A Troaty That Inures to the Benefit of Claus Spreckels. WAsIINGTON, Feb, 24.—In answer to the request from the sub committee of the house committee on ways and means, for inform: tion concerning the working of the r treaty with the Hawaiian islands, John Searles, jr., one of the government comm sioners who visited the islands, has returned astatement ol facts ascertained in connee- tion with his visit. He it we had made the islands a present of every dollar's worth of goods they had bought trom this country, and collected duties on their suzars, we should have made no loss. As to the effects of the v on this country, Searles says the price ined suzar in San Francisco since the ¢ went into effect b 2 cents n pound more than in New York, where ev pound has paid full' duty. He ‘speaks in bitter terms of the course pursued by Claus Spreckles, Forseven years he was dictator, not only of the king and gov- ernment, but of ali the planters liow- over, during the past year shelled ihst his autocrucy, and are seeking toj Kk hi; mmercial if not his politica power. They have secured possession of a smallrefinery in San Franciseos which they hope to operate suecessfully in conneetion with the suzar ates in the islands, but Sir Claus has determined upon their destruction, and this explains the unprecedented low prices now ruling in_San_ Francisco, only about one cent above New York figures In conclusion hie sums up as follo reasons why the treaty should be abrog: 1—0n account of tho enormous loss in rey enue to this country, which Is pra paxd out of the pockeis of onr tax pa i ically ors {0 kets of a small company of sugar planters and speculators, 2—It has not, either directly or indirectly, benefitted the consumers of sugar in this country, but has brought the product of the island " into direct competition with our sugar prodncers and manufacturers, 3—The treaty has not benefitted, but has on 'y infured, the Sandwich 1slands, ng the native population and sub- ¢ Chubese and other Asiatics, while merican influ in the ‘affairs “of the islands, except so farasit is exercised for the selfish interests of an_ individual, has been weakened, 11 th BUILT FOR CASH ONLY. Van Wyck Explans His Railroad Construction Bill. WAsmNGTON, Feb, 24.—Senator Van Wyek said to-day, inreply to an Ingui that his bill Introduced yesterday to author ize the use of the proceeds of the sinking fund in the construction and equipment of branch railroads, is intended to meet the int of subsidized roads that money from_them and buried in the and they were thus unable to bulldl ~branch ~ roads, develop the country, and increase their revenues, “I provid he said, “that the roads shall be buiit for cash, and that the stoclk shall not exceed the actual cost: shall never beinerea nd the roads shall belong to the United States until the debts_due from the subsidized companies are fully paid. I provide that no interest in con 5, town sites, elevators or stock yards’ shall bo 'held by the directors; that rates on the branches shall not be greater than the minimum rates on the main ine; also, thist rates on the main lin, branches shall not exceed the between the Missourd river provides against all diserimination of any kind in_charges or character of services. Tie work “is all to be dono by contract, and advertisements are to be y for sections of ten miles. This will give small men a chance.s The Union Paciiic alone has now about 000000 i the treasury, which will, ns the 1ailroad people aduit, build about 500 miles of Toad.” PACIFIC RAILIROAD DEBY President Adams Before the House Committee, WasHiNGroN, Feb, 21.—Charles Franeis Adams, president of the Unfon Pacifie rail- and ex-Senator McDonald, attorney for Central Pacific railroad company committee on railroads to-day and expressed their views length upon the general subject of the i debtedness of the Pacitic railways. ared that the present man, Union Pacific company was ¢ fultill the company’s obligations (o the goy- ernment in good faith, and that the road was not manipulated for ' speculitive purposes, A large proportion of the stock, he said, was iold By frust companics, estatos and widows, The unaided braneh lines constituted ~the main source of revenue, and without thein the road could not be operated at a profit, Capital Gleanings. WASHINGTON, Feb, 24.--In the executive session of the senate a resolution from the commerce committee was adopted, ealling on thie sceretary of the (reasury for the papers in clation 1o ilie suspension of Customs Col tor William Wells, of Vermont, My, Miller introduced a bl in the senate to-diy to establish a postal saving depository neh of the postoflice department. \ouse_connittee on 1iles waced to Mr. Hanback's 1esolution, pro- ¢ an vestigation of the Pan ' Kle lone matter. The committee b aned the résolution, but are agreed that the investigation comiittee shall con- sist of nine members, s Conflymed. b, 2. —=The senate con- Postmast WasiiNaroy, F | firmed the tollowing postinasters to-ds ['A AL Swith, at Syeamore (1L): D. W, Gould, at Moline (1L): Laura Webh, at’ Farmer ced, at Greenville Macomb (111 )3 Dennison City (111 J. B Thimas Philpot sell, at Museatine ( at Fairield (Neb.) son (Wie. Nomi WASIUINGTON, Kb, 2 sent the following nowinatios 10 0 be usters, J at Kankakee, Il; Ferdinand V. he president to the sena u Wrigl udever, NUMBER 203 EVERY RAILROAD GIVES A CUR The Officors of the Sunset Will Announce & New Tariff To-day. THE IOWA ROADS TAKE A HAND, Rumor That Freight Rates ave O 28 Cent =~ The Tariff Will Go Below That Ks- timate—Notes of the Fight. The Overland Rate War. uneasy feeling rates has grown into a convietion that every- The ofticors of the Sunses route are “figuring out” their promised body is cutting. Rival lines ridicule this action, saying it mse for the Simset to do any- thing of the kind, because they will imnio- diately cut under its rates. vails in some quarters th will not jeopardize the S5 would be nen “The oninlon pre- 00 subsidy which isting agroe everybody's fight, with the Sunset in the lead on fighting “The Towa roads 0 to Omaha, and $20 passenger rate souri river obtains on all the lines, ¢ Ohio people ¢ in all this trouble benefit for them. ficial said that the fight was sure to spread to the eastern trunk lines, ight rates had been ent again from yester- emade a cut to 7 from Ch rom the Mis- I'he Baltimore It was rumored that cent off on all ¢ hundred to & ades from $2.0 and 2 per cent off on all grad This was told to a § ed whether their 40 per cent oft 0 per hundred, $1.50. ) ey tarlfi” eq *We gounder but refused any other information, the general agents of the trunk lines to-day, i cided to adopt cut rates west of the Missouri as they were rej Southwestern Rail- ident Potter of the ucy, will be in t is rumored, to meet the executive committee of the trunk confer with them about the Transcontinental eb. 24,—The St. passenger agents’ assoeiation ted instructions to sell first o, Burlington town to-morrow, i neapolis loci this morning is el c either Omaha or Kar still retains the $66 passenger rate to 1ciseo, butmade a eut r: to Portland as statement that the agents of s sont to their eustomers for all freight bills piid sinee the war broke aki tes on such bills to meet the lowest cut rate made by themselves out, and are FrANCISCO, haye taken place in Tho lowest rates_quoted to-day unlimited $37, limited S o, unlimited $62, half Timit Frolght 18 now bein| edugtion on old sched- & Pacific still main- tains the old rates on unlimited tickets, ‘Lhe Atlantic Spreckle’s Pacific Steamers. a statement that John Oceanie Steamship Company, who recently angements for building hased from Price & Speeckles, of the went east to make ar anew steamer, has pur Company, London, th and Australla, ancisco, Honolulu, Aust land, and chartered by the Pacific Mall Spreckle’s reason for $sels was that e obtained oth of them for about as much money as he in the construc- is said to b’ landja and Australia T usual routes, but wilk sail under the Hawailan flag, and act as res liefs to the Mariapo J plying between San Stealnship compan purchasing these v had to expend tion of new vessels, §500,000 each, will continue sa and Alameda, WYOMING BITS, other of the Ne- Land Swindlers Avrested vill be introduc for the construction of 100,000 capitol building in Cheyenne, that it had ature to-morrow tendents which legislates out of office the, lies holding ofticial positions in The bill went through under innocent guise without being examined Plans have arrived for a $75,000 rd Seymour, alias “Bloody Dicl ted Dy United States Marshal Carr, charged with conspi defraud the governmentof land in Nebraska. Seymour was employed, with about twenty men, by Deputy Internal Revenue Cols lector Moore of Wyoming and William As Arnold, Sylvester Yundt, Frank P, Swindler “Phe men made filings on land at orth Platte and MeCook assumed names, and were to prove up s gone to Canada. be taken to Omaha to-morrow, clean breast and will be an important wite Seymwour will He makes a EDITOR'S What Was Done Yeosterday at Their ~I'he second da 1 began to-day with bima and J, R, L “This paper ronsed much discussion, The sub- ject had reference to advertising agents, and Betts suggested the pooling of papers in dis- h a pool advertising agent to handle showed a diversity of opinion, and the resulg was the appointment of a connittee to cons sider the topie and 10 1eport Lo-I0ITOW Morll= A. 8. Mann of the Florida del vited the convention to send a delegation of fventy members on Florida delegation them butfet and pi the gentlemen to th cinnat as th The invitation was ace member from each state ) excursion to Kloy At noon the 5 in Indiana, “The board of divectors Telephone company inite action in refer- of the Central 1) will probably take no « ence to the fuluye ¢ until a decision in two other ¢ ares which Live no g by the ¢owit, but which are still pending Lot The Whiskiy M d, having settled all difticulties pacity remains th L price 1or goods remaing the , snonious, and wbiers Lol good over ity success, |25 per cent.